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Update on the State of Non-compete Restrictions (LaborSpeak)
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Just prior to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or Commission) publication of its Click-to-Cancel Rule (the Rule) – which we wrote about in depth here – in the Federal Register, several trade associations filed petitions...more
Last week, a security services company and several trade groups filed their merits brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) newly adopted Negative Option Rule,...more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the November 2024 webinar....more
On Nov. 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its opening brief in its pending appeal in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. FTC,No. 24–13102 (M.D. Florida). As previously reported, on Aug. 14, Judge Timothy Corrigan...more
A Pennsylvania company has dropped its challenge to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) noncompete ban after a Pennsylvania federal judge denied the company’s bid to block the rule. The dismissal of the Pennsylvania lawsuit...more
There are several legal challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompete clauses in employment agreements. There have been multiple lawsuits in varying federal district courts that seek to delay or...more
As we previously reported, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final rule banning most “non-competition” agreements. The FTC determined non-competition agreements were an unfair method of...more
The FTC’s effort to implement a nationwide ban on the use of most non-compete agreements has been stalled indefinitely following a recent court ruling by a district court judge in Texas....more
This week, on our Spilling Secrets podcast series, our panelists delve into the implications for employers following the recent blockage of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) non-compete ban. On August 20, 2024, the U.S....more
With further proceedings anticipated, and in light of the numerous state law restrictions on non-competes, employers should continue to act with caution when presenting employees with non-compete agreements. On August 20,...more
The District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning non-compete agreements, which was set to take effect on September 4, 2024....more
Employers can breathe a sigh of relief as a Texas federal judge set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) impending ban on non-compete clauses. The FTC published a final rule banning all non-compete clauses with...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning non-competes will not take effect on September 4, 2024. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown for the Northern District of Texas ruled on the merits of the...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas Federal Court issued a nationwide bar on the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rule banning nearly all non-compete agreements (the “Final Rule”), which, as we have previously...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to ban noncompete agreements suffered a serious blow when a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the ban’s enforcement. Implementation of the ban could disrupt...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas district court issued a decision blocking a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rule, which would have banned employment-related noncompete agreements....more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s “Non-Compete Rule” (the “Rule”). ...more
A Texas court has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Rule banning almost all non-compete clauses days before it was set to take effect on Sept. 4. Ryan LLC v. FTC, No. 3:24-CV-00986-E, 2024 U.S. Dist....more
The wait is over. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed ban on non-compete agreements...more
The Federal Trade Commission issued a rule that would act as a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements. The ban would have taken effect next month, and would have invalidated non-compete provisions in millions of existing...more
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the “Final Non-Compete Clause Rule” banning most post-employment non-compete clauses between employers and employees. The final rule was set to take effect on...more
A Federal Court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule (the “Rule”) that was set to broadly ban nearly all forms of non-compete agreements. On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of...more
This past April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule (Rule) that amounted to a near total nationwide ban on employers’ use of non-compete agreements. Since its announcement, employers have actively attempted to...more
Since it was announced in May 2024, the impending FTC ban on non-competes has been mired in controversy. The Rule, which was set to go into effect on September 4, 2024, was intended to ban nearly all non-competition...more